Communicating Requirements to Offshore Resources

ABTRACT

Organizations can realize the expected savings from application development outsourcing, especially offshore, by reducing misinterpretation of requirements and gaining efficiencies in process. Application teams must learn how to adapt their project methodology to meet the communication needs of global application development. Content in this seminar starts after requirements have been gathered and documented but ready for refining and validating so they can be communicated to offshore resources who are ready to design and develop the solution. Compliant with BABOK® Version 2.0.

AUDIENCE

This workshop is intended for business analysts, project managers, designers, architects, engineers, RFP and proposal writers, and application team members responsible for communicating or managing requirements to offshore resources.

DURATION

2 Days

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this workshop, the participant will be able to:

Gain agreement on communication protocols and processes to promote understanding across cultures
Assess and select appropriate requirements communication techniques to match the needs of offshore resources for appropriate level of detail and methods.
Uncover and validate hidden assumptions impacting requirements with offshore resources.
Refine requirements to be more quantifiable and measurable assuring more effective validation.
Plan and conduct mock virtual reviews that include offshore resources.
Determine the extent of traceability and change control needed based on project needs and your relationship with offshore resources.

TOPICS

Frameworks for Level Setting: BABOK®, SDLC, PMBOK®, CMMI®, OMM
Gaining Offshore Team Agreement on the Requirements Process
Hints and Tips to Avoid Requirement Misinterpretation
Validation Tools & Techniques
Offshore Team Involvement in Tracing Requirements and Managing Change

Code: lcp001

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